1 Introduction to Translation Studies: Roman Jakobson

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1) According to Roman Jakobson, no one can understand the word ‘cheese’, unless he has a non-linguistic acquaintance with cheese. *

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True

False

2) The online Bible in Portuguese is an example of _____________________________. *

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c. intersemiotic translation

a. interlingual translation

b. intralingual translation

d. rewording

3) Cats (2019) is a musical fantasy film based on the Tony Award-winning stage musical of the same name (1981) by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which in turn based on the poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) by T. S. Eliot. *

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a. intralingual translation

b. interlingual translation

c. intersemiotic translation

4) Policeman: There has been an accident ahead, Madam...I am afraid you will have to turn left at St. Mary’s lane here, the road is blocked. Jill: Oh, OK. Thanks Jack: What did he say? Jill: We’ve got to turn left. *

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a. intersemiotic translation

b. interlingual translation

c. intralingual translation

d. transmutation

5) Roman Jakobson believes that all cognitive experiences can be expressed in language. *

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True

False

6) Which one of the following types of translation is NOT presented by Jakobson? *

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Intersemiotic translation

Rewording

Creative translation

7) The meaning of the saying “traduttore traditore” *

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a. Translator is a saint.

b. Translator is a faithful follower.

c. Translator is a copier.

d. Translator is a traitor.

8) Intersemiotic translation is *

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a. Rewording

b. Transmutation

c. An interpretation of verbal signs by means of some other language

d. An interpretation of verbal signs by means of other signs in the same language

9) The translation studies journal Translation Matters is published in ________________. *

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Germany

Portugal

Belgium

10) The intralingual translation of a word uses either another, more or less synonymous, word or resorts to circumlocution. *

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a. true

b. false

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